SRM University in Andhra Pradesh has announced 200 scholarships for meritorious students from economically humble backgrounds.

A four-month-old girl from Nepal diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer that causes loss of vision due to abnormal growth in retina, can now see the world, thanks to treatment at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals here.

 Six persons - two children and four women - were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district on Monday when a cooking gas cylinder exploded at a community kitchen set up during a religious congregation, police said.

The BJP on Monday slammed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for raising doubts on the veracity of the death threat letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and dubbed his remarks over the issue a "new low in insensitivity".

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for "routine check-up".

A case has been registered against self-styled Hindu godman Daati Maharaj after one of his disciples alleged that she was raped by him and his associates two years ago, a senior police officer said on Monday.

At least six people were killed and 18 injured when a bus rammed into two trucks that had collided with each other in this Madhya Pradesh district on Monday, police said.

A pre-poll alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will help the Congress in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly election, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said.